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Police and medical examiner Earl Rose escort Oswald's body to the morgue
Police and medical examiner Earl Rose escort Oswald's body to the morgue

Police and medical examiner Earl Rose escort Oswald's body to the morgue

Object number2014.080.0274.0001
Date11/24/1963
ClassificationsPhotographs
Photographer Dallas Morning News Photographer
ObjectNegative (b&w)
Credit LineThe Dallas Morning News Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza Donated by The Dallas Morning News in the interest of preserving history
MediumFilm
Dimensions2 3/16 × 2 3/16 in. (5.6 × 5.6 cm)
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DescriptionOriginal 120mm black and white negative taken by a staff photographer from The Dallas Morning News. Police officers and Dallas County Medical Examiner Earl Rose (at right, wearing glasses) accompany Lee Harvey Oswald's body to the morgue at Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas, Texas on Sunday, November 24, 1963. Oswald never recovered consciousness and died on the operating table after being shot by Jack Ruby.